Whilst the vigil in Clapham for Sarah Everard made headlines for all the wrong reasons, here in Ramsgate a smaller affair passed peacefully and safely.
Category: General
Condemning the Kent County Council tax hike
Are you feeling the pinch? You’re not alone, 1000’s of Thanet tax payers are fighting to make ends meet and a tax rise is on the way.
Sewage in our seawater!
Our local beaches are valued public amenities. But are they safe? Yet again we have a report of a discharge of sewage into the sea. This time at Joss Bay.
A gate for Harbour Street
Pedestrianised between 9am and 5pm, but drivers ignore the signs. This Ramsgate street needs a gate – for safety’s sake.
Free school meals, children’s mental health services and covid births
These were the three topics discussed when I appeared live this morning on BBC1 for Politics South East.
We don’t want Mackinlay’s bad statues
Our MP’s idea for a sculpture park for the likes of Edward Colston and Saddam Hussein is offensive to the people of Ramsgate.
Coronavirus: Clear, strategic leadership required
Recent reports of 17 deaths in a single Thanet care home have sent a shudder through our community. People rightly ask “How could that be allowed to happen?”.
PPE – too little too late
Thanet has a PPE crisis. Staff at QEQM are as vulnerable as they are desperate. Our nurses, midwives and health care assistants, are frustrated.
Equality and social justice must prevail
It goes without saying that the General Election result leaves Labour with a need to reflect, review and re-group.
A new hospital for Canterbury or pre-election bluster?
Boris Johnson’s announcement of a new hospital for Canterbury is highly questionable. Is it pre-election bluster? Is it a threat to the NHS in Thanet?